British people are famous for drinking tea. But brother and sister, Sarah and Bobby Green, became young millionaires when they opened a chain of American-style coffee shops in the UK.
Having the idea: It started when Sarah took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby. One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sarah told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London. Bobby suggested they started their own coffee shop. Sarah fell in love with the idea.
Doing the Research: Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee. “It was terrible, and I knew there was a gap (空缺) in the market.” In 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in central London.
Making it work: The first year was very difficult. British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato. But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up. Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has ￡30 million a year.
Advice for others: Sarah has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It ! She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses. She says, “If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream.” What kind of company do they run?
| A．A fast-food restaurant. | B．A tea shop. |
| C．A coffee shop. | D．A big hotel. |
Where is their first Coffee Republic shop?
| A．All over the UK. | B．All over the US. |
| C．In central London. | D．In New York. |
Which of the following information is mentioned(提到) in the passage?
| A．Sarah was not interested in Bobby’s idea. |
| B．British people never drank coffee before 1995. |
| C．Sarah’s best-selling book is about how to make coffee. |
| D．Sarah found a business chance while doing the research. |
What is the passage mainly about?
| A．All the young people must start their own businesses. |
| B．Sarah’s weekend trip. |
| C．The American-style coffee. |
| D．The success of a family business. |
Where may this passage come from?
| A．In a novel. | B．In a newspaper. |
| C．In a sports magazine. | D．In a scientific report. |
Dictionaries say that “spring fever” is a lazy or restless feeling . People usually have the feeling on the first warm day of spring. Everyone has probably felt it at one time or another . people have talked about it for years.
Recently, scientists have taken a good look at spring fever. What they found is quite surprising.
In many places we live in , the winter months often seem dark and dreary. When spring comes late March , the world becomes colorful . The number of daylight hours grows with each passing day. According to many scientists, all the sunlight sets off chemicals in the brain (大脑). The chemicals make our feeling change and bring on spring fever.
( ) How do people who have spring fever feel ?
| A．active | B．awake | C．energetic | D．restless . |
( ) Scientists think that ______________ cause(s) spring fever .
| A．colors | B．sunlight | C．dark | D．illness |
( ) According to the passage ,the underlined word “dreary ”means“__________” in Chinese.
| A．沉闷的 | B．暖和的 | C．晴朗的 | D．明亮的 |
( ) The best title for the passage is ______________ .
| A．How to Get Over Spring Fever | B．Spring Fever |
| C．Darkness in winter | D．Spring and winter |
A survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers (写网络日志的人). Xu Jinglei was one of the first famous people that the website sina .com. invited to open blogs.
The web log written by Xu Jinglei is now the world’s most popular . Xu , an actress-turned –director, became famous overseas when she won a Best Director Award for the film. A Letter From an Unknown Woman in 2004.
Her blog has broken the domestic (国内的) record with more than 10 million visits .
Xu updates (更新) her blog every other day . But if she feels very good she sometimes posts two or three articles in a day .
Visitors leave thousands of messages about each of her articles , praising (赞扬) her open, free writing style, commenting (评论) on films.
( ) Now Xu Jinglei’s web log is ________________ .
broken by hacker B.written by an unknown woman
C. the world’s most popular D. closed by government
( ) How many visitors does Xu’s blog have ?
| A．About 16 million . | B．About 36.82 million |
| C．2004 | D．over 10 million |
( ) _________ invited Xu Jinglei who was one of the first famous people to open blogs.
| A．The website baidu.com | B．The website sina.com |
| C．The website Yahoo.com | D．The website blog.com |
( ) From the passage we know that ________________ .
a survey by baidu.com showed there were 16 million bloggers writing in English
Xu Jinglei was the only one that the website sina.com invited to open blogs
Xu Jinglei always posts one article in a day
Visitors leave lots of messages about her articles in her blogs
Dear Annie,
I have never written a letter to a newspaper before, I have just never felt the need to do such a thing. I have always felt I was quite able to do everything by myself. But now I know I was wrong.
Sometimes you really need help in life, I guess. And that’s why I’m writing this letter to you.
I have a happy family. I love my children and they love me . I’m a mother of three children. I know well how to bring up (带大)children, and two of them are already over twenty, so it is nothing new for me.
But now I have a serious problem:the Internet problem. My little son is just sixteen, and I feel he should do a lot of homework now , but he doesn’t seem to be interested in it . He can happily spend six or eight hours at a time on the Tnternet every day , He chats with pelple that he has never met before , but speaks little to us .He does lots of useless things on the Internet. And he sees red if you ask him to do his homework.
I just want him to be a good student . Now he seldomdoes his lessons at home. I’m afraid he will drop behind in his class soon. His father is a doctor , a very kind man . He never seems to be afraid of his father.
What can I do ?And don’t tell to talk to him. We’ve tried that and it didn’t work. But this is really a big problem in our family. I have tried everything I can think of . I
wonder how the Internet is so attractive(有吸引力的).You’re my last hope. Please tell me what I can do!
Yours,
Ellen Smith
( ) Mrs Snith wrote to Annie because .
| A．she often asked others for help |
| B．she thought she was a great mother |
| C．she didn’t know how to stop his son surfing the Internet |
| D．she didn’t know how the Internet was so attractive |
( ) What might NOT Mrs Smith’s son do on the Internet?
| A．Send e-mails to his friends | B．Prepare for his lessons |
| C．Chat with strange people | D．Read the news |
( ) What does the phrase “he sees red”mean in this passage?
| A．He feels sorry | B．He feels happy |
| C．He becomes frightened | D．He becomes angry |
( ) What do you think of Mr.Smith?
| A．An irresponsible(不负责任的)father who nerver taught his son |
| B．A very excellent doctor who was busy with his work and had no time to teach his son |
| C．A very kind man who loved his son |
| D．A man who always made his son be afraid of him but failed |
Parents today also worry about their children’s diets. Some doctors give the following advice: 
( ) According to the doctors’ advice ,what does junk food include ?
| A．milk and vitamins. | B．Fruits and sugar. |
| C．Vegetables and salt. | D．Fat, oil, salt and sugar. |
( ) In this passage, doctors think that teenagers should eat more ______ .
| A．food with no vitamins. | B．fat and sugar | C．vegetables and fruits | D．salt and oil |
( ) The best title for this passage is ______ .
| A．Bad Habits | B．junk Food | C．unhealthy Food | D．advice on Healthy Eating |
A funny thing happened to my sister Tina last month. She lives in Japan and teaches English. In Japan, people don’t usually wear their outdoor shoes in the house or in school, and a lot of buildings have places for shoes. So her school ahs a special place for shoes.
Tina teaches English in the evening. One Friday, she went to school, and she put her shoes in the shoe box—as usual. Then she had an interesting spoken English class with her students. But to her surprise, her shoes weren’t in the box. There was only one pair of those there, and they weren’t her hoes! She had to get home in a hurry.
On Monday, at her next English class, her shoes were in a shopping bag on her desk! There was a note that said, “I’m so sorry. I took your shoes by mistake!” Somebody felt a lot of shame!
| It’s a shoe box. Tina is my sister. So she put on the shoes and left. After class she got ready to leave. But there was no name on the note. |
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